azo wrote:Another question, how old can supporting documents, i.e bank statements wage slips, be in order to support a settlement application. I was told it was up to 3 months old. Is this still the case.

All supporting documents SHOULD NOT be more than 28 days old before applying for settlement visa.

As said, it depends on ECO's, my wife submitted notification of result with her application, which was refused. In my letter of appeal, I stated that her degree result was not ready during application and promised to send the EITLS result within the next 2 weeks. To my surprise, after 10 weeks, my w...

We were given full right to appeal so we did and introduced the NARIC letter as an additional evidence as we had omitted it in our original application..the tribunal gave the Ghana embassy to review the UK NARIC letter n my wifes Uni degree certificate and if they satisfied we now meet the English ...

Hi, With regard to fiance visa's, the UKBA guidance says they will only accept print outs of online bank statements if the account is online only. I have a regular current account with a high street bank and switched to online statements years ago. The bank informs me that it is impossible to get b...

My brother, every one waiting for ECM review or court appeal has stress, you need to wait till the time when the ECM gives his/her feedback. I have been waiting for ECM review for my wife visa refusal since November 2012, up till now there's no response/ feedback, several letters have been written t...

Documents getting lost by ECO's is not new to UKBA when deciding applications to issue visa. I will endeavour you to ask your spouse to re-send another payslips ( I doubt it if his/her employer may be able to issue original ones) if not, you can ask them for print out, stamped and dated by a manager...

to come ans submit her passport

@Lucapooka,
Thank you very much, initially that is what I and my wife was thinking, reading from peoples' comments here, I was thinking it will count as new evidence, fingers crossed with prayers, I pray they call her to come and submit her result.

Hello all, My wife's spouse visa was refused based on not meeting the English Language requirement. When the application was submitted, we submitted her degree notification of result because as at the time of applying her certificate was not ready then. I did appeal stating this reason, In the appea...

You did not state the reasons for refusal, so that one can help.

Hi, My spouse visa too was submitted in Lagos and was refused based on "Subsisting Relationship". It has the same reference as yours "SHEFF". When I met with my lawyer, he tried to figure out where this reference came from, he told me that he has not seen this type of reference b...

And make sure that you present P60 for last financial year,both payslips from your past and present employer to make up for 6 that is required.

@Yazzy, Like I said earlier on, that my lawyer make the appeal on my wife's behalf, this was last week in March, the lawyer told me that his fees will not be included in the court fees, so I provided my bank details for the court fees to be deducted. I noticed that the money was taken out from my ac...

Hi, I am in the boat as you, I don't know if you are the one that paid the appeal fees, since you engaged the service of lawyer, some may charge it with their fees, while some will not. When I did mine, the lawyer did not charge the appeal fees as I paid the appeal fees myself, I had to provide deta...

@Reda, Submitting your application early will not penalize you when the ECO is making decision, it even increase your chances of getting the visa, however, make sure you submit required documents requested by UKBA, especially in the area of "Subsisting Relationship", write a comprehensive ...

What type of DLA are you receiving? Is it on higher rate for personal care and mobility? , you must be on higher rate before you can be exempted.

I think you should fill in the date that appears on you employer's letter, BUT please don't forget to include your P60 because it comes from the same company, don't also forget that the letter from your employer should address all requirements that UKBA expect in the employer's letter, with 6 months...

@Mirabbelz, Are you a native of country that is exempted from writing English test?, if so, you will be fine with your appeal, but if not, if at all you write and pass English test after the decision, this will be regarded as new evidence.

@Moon and star, the ECO's always cross check the payslips you presented with the application with bank statements, if the amount in the pay slip did not reflect in the bank statement for each week or month, they might refuse, because this might make them to say you did not followed what is requested...

I will advice you to read the heading "Subsisting Relationship" on this forum, you stand 90% chance of winning when you appeal, the ECO are demanding lot of evidences which the law did not stipulates. don't re-apply again, because if different ECO treats your application, he/she might find...

@Saadkhna, You can see how the ECO get back at you now, just because some information are left out in the employer's letter, gave reason for refusal, this case runs through a grey area because the ECO have got a copy of employer's letter that you submitted with the application, this can be used as a...

My candid advise to you is that, all the 6 payslips that you will submit should reflect in your bank statements, for example, your Febuary salary will reflect in the March bank statement ( not quite sure, if this applies to you). By my calculation, if you must to submit March bank statement, you mus...

From my experience, if the date on NARIC letter indicates the date after the decision was made, it will count as new evidence, therefore, the appeal will fail, as the ECM will have expect you to provide this evidence during your application.

Hi, I was in the same situation as you, you can go and appeal and leave the rest for the judge to decide, infact, the ECO are just not conversant with new immigration rules before deciding applications especially if the grounds of refusal relates to subsisting relationship, with the above documents ...

Hi all, Just to brief you members and Gurus about the development concerning my wife's second spousal application refusal, just this afternoon my wife received a phone call from British Embassy requesting her to bring her English Test result ( she passed it and was submitted with the application), j...